State officials revealed a new plan that outlines the state’s priorities when it comes to who should be tested for COVID-19 and when.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health released updated guidance for when skilled nursing facilities can reopen to visitors and when they should test their staff and residents for COVID-19.

Maintaining personal protection equipment for patients and staff has become a full-time job for independent health care providers who have not received the help from the state that their counterparts in health care systems have.

A statewide order compelling employers to require all employees and customers to wear masks in their facilities will not be postponed despite a lack of available supplies.

Starting Sunday, employers must require all employees and customers to wear masks at work, under an order issued today by state Health Secretary Rachel Levine. The order also requires companies to provide masks for workers, and deny entry to customers who are not wearing one.

Lebanon County was one of seven counties to receive stay-at-home orders from Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Tuesday.

Four more counties, including Cumberland and Dauphin have been given stay at home orders until April 30, and Pennsylvania’s schools and non-life-sustaining businesses are to stay closed until further notice, Gov. Tom Wolf said during a press conference on Monday.

Pennsylvania is ill-prepared to serve a fast growing-population of older adults, according to a new report from state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.